by Nancy Buono Fluharty
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Ages: 3;0-6;11

Complete FPSLST-2 kit includes: Examiner's Manual, Picture Book, 25 Profile/Examiner Record Forms, and a set of 12 colored blocks, all in a sturdy storage box. (2000)

Qualification Level: A

The Fluharty-2 is a complete revision of the FPSLST. This is an excellent screening tool to rapidly identify preschool children whom need a complete speech and language evaluation. It provides 5 subtests: Articulation, Repeating Sentences, Responding to Directives and Answering Questions, and Describing Actions and Sequencing Events. Scores will reflect performance in articulation, receptive/expressive language, and composite language. The Fluharty-2's results demonstrate a strong correlation between its subtests and the TOLD-P:3. The sample population includes 703 children and indicates little or no bias relative to gender, race, disability, socioeconomic, or ethnic group. Each record form provides space for noting phonological process errors, voice quality, and fluency, and the teacher questionnaires allow for collaboration.

The Fluharty-2 is a complete revision, normed on 705 children in 21 states. Sample populations represent the geographical distribution of the United States in 1998 and projected figures for 2000.

Test Reliability:Coefficient alphas and test-retest correlations are high enough to warrant individual administration of the Fluharty-2.

Validity:Content validity studies related the test's content to current developmental studies and provided thorough individual item analysis. Criterion-related validity studies compared subtests of the Fluharty-2 to the TOLD-P:3 composites. Results demonstrated a strong correlation between the two instruments. Construct validity measures support the Fluharty-2 as a valid screening tool for use with preschool children.

Limiting Bias:Examination of items on the Fluharty-2 indicated little or no bias relative to gender, disability, racial, socioeconomic or ethnic group.

Features of this major revision include:

The Fluharty-2 is easy to administer quickly and is appealing to children.

The Fluharty-2 provides standard scores (M = 100, SD = 15) and percentiles for subtests and composites. There are age equivalents for the composites.

The kit contains all necessary manipulatives.

There is space on the record form for noting phonological process errors, voice quality, and fluency.

Teacher Questionnaires allow for collaboration when assessing children in school populations.

The Fluharty-2 is a norm-referenced screening test designed and thoroughly analyzed to provide "good" statistical information.

The theoretical model for the Fluharty-2 follows current language development information.

Complete Fluharty-2 kit includes Examiner's Manual, Picture Book, 25 Profile/Examiner Record Forms, and a set of 12 colored blocks, all in a sturdy storage box. (2000)